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Botanical name
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Common name
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Origin
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Shade tolerance
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Notes
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Light
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Dense
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Annuals:
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Clarkia amoena
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Farewell to spring
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Cal
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●
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Clarkia concinna
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Red ribbons
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Cal
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●
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Collinisia heterophylla
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Chinese houses
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Cal
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●
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Eschscholzia californica
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California poppy
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Cal
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●
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Gilia tricolor
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Cal
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●
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Nemophila menziesii
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Baby blue eyes
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Cal
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●
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Phacelia tanacetifolia
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Tansy leaf phacelia
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Cal
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●
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Platystemon californicus
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Cream cups
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Cal
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●
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Stylomecon heterophylla
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Wind poppy
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Cal
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●
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Bulbs:
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Allium
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Cal
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●
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Brodiaea
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Cal
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●
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Calochortus albus
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White fairy lantern
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Cal
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●
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Calochortus amabilis
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Golden fairy lantern
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Cal
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●
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Chlorogalum pomeridianum
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Soap root
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Cal
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●
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Dichelostemma ida-maia
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Firecracker flower
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Cal
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●
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Erythronium
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Cal
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●
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Fritillaria
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Cal
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●
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Lilium - Native species
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Cal
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●
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Triteleia spp.
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Cal
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●
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Ferns:
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Dryopteris arguta
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Coastal wood fern
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Cal
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●
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●
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Polypodium californicum
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California polypody
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Cal
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●
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●
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Polystichum munitum
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Western sword fern
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Cal
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●
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●
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Grasses, Sedges and Rushes:
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Bromus carinatus
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California brome
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Cal
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●
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Calamagrostis nutkaensis
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Pacific reed grass
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Cal
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●
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Carex - All California native species
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Sedge
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Cal
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●
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●
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Not Carex spissa
(San Diego sedge)
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Danthonia californica
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California oatgrass
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Cal
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●
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Deschampsia caespitosa
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Tufted hairgrass
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Cal
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●
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Elymus glaucus
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Blue wild rye
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Cal
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●
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Festuca californica
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California fescue
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Cal
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●
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Festuca occidentalis
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Western fescue
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Cal
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●
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Festuca rubra 'Point Molate'
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Point Molate creeping red fescue
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Cal
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●
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Helictotrichon sempervirens
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Blue oat grass
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●
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Juncus patens
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Cal
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●
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●
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Koelaria cristata
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Prairie junegrass
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Cal
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●
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Leymus condensatus
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Giant wild rye
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Cal
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●
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●
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Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince'
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Canyon Prince wild rye
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Cal
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●
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Leymus triticoides
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Creeping wild rye
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Cal
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●
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Melica imperfecta
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Melic grass
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Cal
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●
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●
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Muhlenbergia dumosa
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●
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Muhlenbergia rigens
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Deer grass
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Cal
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●
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Nassella cernua
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Cal
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●
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Nassella lepida
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Cal
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●
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Nassella pulchra
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Purple needle grass
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Cal
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●
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Botanical name
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Common name
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Origin
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Shade tolerance
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Notes
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Light
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Dense
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Perennials:
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Acanthus mollis
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Bear's breeches
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Med
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●
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Achillea millefolium
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Yarrow
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Cal
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●
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Achillea tomentosa
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Woolly yarrow
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Eurasia
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●
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Aquilegia formosa
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Western columbine
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Cal
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●
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Artemisia pycnocephala
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Dune sagewort
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Cal
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●
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Asarum caudatum
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Wild ginger
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Cal
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●
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●
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Astelia
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Astelia
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NZ
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●
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Bergenia crassifolia
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Winter-blooming bergenia
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Asia
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●
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Clivia miniata
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Clivia
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SAfr
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●
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Delphinium nudicaule
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Scarlet larkspur
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Cal
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●
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Dicentra formosa
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Bleeding heart
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Cal
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●
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●
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Dietes
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Fortnight lily
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SAfr
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●
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Epimedium
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Bishop's hat
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Asia
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●
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●
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Erigeron glaucus
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Seaside daisy
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Cal
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●
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Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii
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Med
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●
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Euphorbia cyparissias
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Med
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●
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Euphorbia robbiae
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Med
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●
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Euphorbia 'Tasmanian Tiger'
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Tasmanian tiger euphorbia
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Med
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●
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Fragaria chiloensis
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California beach strawberry
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Cal
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●
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●
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Fragaria vesca
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Wood strawberry
|
Cal
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●
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●
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Helleborus argutifolius
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Corsican hellebore
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●
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Helleborus foetidus
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Bear's foot hellebore
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●
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Helleborus orientalis
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●
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Hemerocallis hybrids
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Day lily
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●
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Heuchera 'Canyon Belle'
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Canyon Belle alum root
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Cal-Hyb
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●
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Heuchera 'Canyon Delight'
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Canyon Delight alum root
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CalHyb
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●
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Heuchera 'Canyon Duet'
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Canyon Duet alum root
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Cal-Hyb
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●
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Heuchera 'Genevieve'
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Genevieve's alum root
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Cal-Hyb
|
●
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Heuchera maxima
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Island alum root
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Cal
|
●
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Heuchera micrantha
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Coral bells
|
Cal
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●
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●
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Heuchera 'Old La Rochette'
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Old La Rochette alum root
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Cal-Hyb
|
●
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Heuchera 'Opal'
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Opal alum root
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Cal-Hyb
|
●
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Heuchera 'Santa Ana Cardinal'
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Santa Ana Cardinal alum root
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Cal-Hyb
|
●
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Heuchera 'Suzanna'
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Suzanna's alum root
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Cal-Hyb
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●
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Heuchera 'Wendy'
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Wendy's alum root
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Cal-Hyb
|
●
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Iris douglasiana
|
Douglas' iris
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Cal
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●
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●
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Iris innominata
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Cal
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●
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Iris macrosiphon
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Cal
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●
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Iris Pacifica hybrids
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Pacific coast hybrid irises
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Cal-Hyb
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●
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Isomeris arborea
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Bladderpod
|
Cal
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●
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Kniphofia uvaria
|
Red hot poker
|
SAfr
|
●
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Limonium perezii
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Sea lavender
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●
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Linnea borealis
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Twinflower
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●
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Liriope
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●
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Monardella villosa
|
Coyote mint
|
Cal
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●
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|
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Nepeta faassenii
|
Catmint
|
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●
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Ophiopogon japonica
|
Mondo grass
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●
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Ophiopogon japonica 'Nana'
|
Dwarf mondo grass
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●
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Origanum dictamnus
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Dittany of Crete
|
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●
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Oxalis oregana
|
Redwood sorrel
|
Cal
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●
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●
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Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'
|
Margarita BOP foothill penstemons
|
Cal
|
●
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Penstemon heterophyllus purdyi
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Cal
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●
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Ranunculus californicus
|
California buttercup
|
Cal
|
●
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Satureja douglasii
|
Yerba Buena
|
Cal
|
●
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●
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|
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Sidalcea malvaeflora
|
Checkerbloom
|
Cal
|
●
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|
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Sisyrinchium bellum
|
Blue-eyed grass
|
Cal
|
●
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|
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Smilacina racemosa (Maianthemum racemosum)
|
False Solomon's seal
|
Cal
|
●
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|
|
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Solidago californica
|
California goldenrod
|
Cal
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●
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Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
|
Western meadow rue
|
Cal
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●
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Thymus praecox arcticus
|
Mother of thyme
|
Med
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●
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Tulbaghia violacea
|
Society garlic
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●
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Vancouveria planipetala
|
Inside out flower
|
Cal
|
●
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●
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Viola - All California native species
|
Violet
|
Cal
|
●
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●
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Zauschneria californica
|
California fuchsia
|
Cal
|
●
|
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Shrubs:
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Abelia x grandiflora
|
Glossy abelia
|
China
|
●
|
|
|
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Acer circinatum
|
Vine maple
|
Cal + Pac NW
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arbutus unedo
|
Strawberry tree
|
Eur
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn'
|
Howard McMinn manzanita
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos edmundsii
|
Edmunds' Manzanita
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'
|
Emerald Carpet manzanita
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos hookeri
|
Monterey manzanita
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos nummularia
|
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'
|
Pacific Mist Manzanita
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos pumila
|
Sandmat Manzanita
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos 'Sentinel'
|
Sentinel Manzanita
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Arctostaphylos 'Sunset'
|
Sunset Manzanita
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
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|
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Point Reyes'
|
Point Reyes mananita
|
Cal
|
●
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|
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|
Baccharis pilularis 'Twin Peaks II'
|
Twin Peaks dwarf coyote brush
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Berberis - all California native species
|
Barberry
|
Cal
|
●
|
●
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|
Berberis darwinii
|
Darwin's barberry
|
Chile
|
●
|
|
|
|
Calycanthus occidentalis
|
Western spice bush
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Carpenteria californica
|
Carpenteria
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus arboreus
|
Island ceanothus
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Centennial'
|
Centennial ceanothus
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
●
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Concha'
|
Concha ceanothus
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Dark Star'
|
Dark Star ceanothus
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Far Horizons'
|
Far Horizons ceanothus
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus gloriosus
|
Point Reyes ceanothus
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus gloriosus var. porrectus
|
Mount Vision ceanothus
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus griseus
|
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis
|
Carmel creeper
|
Cal
|
●
|
●
|
|
|
Ceanothus hearstiorum
|
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter'
|
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
|
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus rigidus 'Snowball'
|
Snowball Monterey ceanothus
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Skylark'
|
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. thyrsiflorus
|
|
Cal
|
●
|
●
|
|
|
Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon'
|
|
Cal-Hyb
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
|
Dwarf plumbago
|
China
|
●
|
|
|
|
Cercis occidentalis
|
Western redbud
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Cercocarpus betuloides
|
Mountain mahogany
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Cistus salviifolius
|
Sageleaf rock rose
|
Med
|
●
|
|
|
|
Coprosma x kirkii
|
Creeping coprosma
|
NZ
|
●
|
|
|
|
Correa 'Carmine Bells'
|
Australian fuchsia
|
Aus
|
●
|
|
|
|
Daphne odora
|
Fragrant daphne
|
Asia
|
●
|
|
|
|
Dendromecon harfordii
|
Island bush poppy
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Eriogonum arborescens
|
Bush buckwheat
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Eriogonum crocatum
|
Saffron buckwheat
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Eriogonum latifolium
|
Coast buckwheat
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum
|
Sulfur buckwheat
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Euonymus fortunei
|
Winter creeper
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Euphorbia amygdaloides
|
|
Med
|
●
|
|
|
|
Forsythia x intermedia
|
Forsythia
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Fremontodendron
|
Flannel bush, Fremontia
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Galvezia speciosa
|
Island snapdragon
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Garrya elliptica
|
Silk tassel
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Garrya fremontii
|
Fremont silktassel
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Gaultheria shallon
|
Salal
|
Cal
|
●
|
●
|
|
|
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
|
Rosemary grevillea
|
NZ
|
●
|
|
|
|
Heteromeles arbutifolia
|
Toyon
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Holodiscus discolor
|
Ocean spray
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Ilex cornuta rotunda
|
Dwarf Chinese holly
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Juniperus chinensis 'Parsonii'
|
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Juniperus spp.
|
Juniper
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Keckiella cordifolia
|
Heartleaf keckiella
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Lavatera assurgentiflora
|
Malva rosa
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Lepechinia all California native species
|
Pitcher sage
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Loropetalum
|
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Mahonia aquifolium
|
Oregon grape
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Mahonia nervosa
|
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Mahonia pinnata
|
California holly grape
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Mahonia repens
|
Creeping mahonia
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Melianthus major
|
Honey bush
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Mimulus aurantiacus
|
Sticky monkey
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Myrica californica
|
California wax myrtle
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Myrsine africana
|
African boxwood
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Myrtus communis
|
Myrtle
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Nandina domestica
|
Heavenly bamboo
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Nerium oleander
|
Oleander
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Osmanthus fragrans
|
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Philadelphus lewisii
|
Western mock orange
|
Cal
|
●
|
|
|
|
Pinus mugo
|
Mugho pine
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Pittosporum tobira
|
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Plumbago auriculata
|
Cape plumbago
|
|
●
|
|
|
|
Prunus illicifolia
|
Holly leaf cherry
|
Cal
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Prunus lusitanica
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Portugal laurel
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Punica granatum 'Wonderful'
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Pomegranate
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Rhamnus alaternus
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Italian buckthorn
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Rhamnus californica
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California coffeeberry
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Cal
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Rhamnus crocea
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Redberry
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Cal
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Rhamnus tomentella
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Cal
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Rhododendron occidentale
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Western azalea
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Cal
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Rhus integrifolia
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Lemonade berry
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Cal
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Rhus ovata
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Sugar bush
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Cal
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Rhus trilobata
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Basket bush
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Cal
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Ribes indecorum
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Ribes malvaceum
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Chaparral currant
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Cal
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Ribes sanguineum
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Red-flowering currant
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Cal
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Ribes speciosum
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Fuchsiaflowering gooseberry
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Cal
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Ribes viburnifolium
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Evergreen currant
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Cal
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Romneya coulteri
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Matilija poppy
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Cal
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Rosa californica
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California rose
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Cal
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Rosa wichuraiana
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Memorial rose
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Asia
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Rosmarinus officinalis
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Rosemary
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Med
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Rubus parviflorus
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Rubus rolfei (syn. R. calycinoides, R. pentalobus)
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Taiwan
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●
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Salvia 'Calamity Jane'
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Calamity Jane sage
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Cal-Hyb
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Salvia clevelandii
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Cleveland sage
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Cal
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●
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Salvia coccinea
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Tropical sage
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Sam
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●
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Salvia 'Dara's Choice'
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Dara's Choice sage
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Cal-Hyb
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●
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Salvia forsskaolii
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Balkans
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●
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Salvia 'Green Carpet'
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Green Carpet sage
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Cal-Hyb
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●
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Salvia greggii
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Autumn sage
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TX, Mex
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●
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Salvia leucantha
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Mexican sage
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Mex
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●
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Salvia mellifera
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Black sage
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Cal
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●
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Salvia mellifera 'Terra Seca'
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Terra Seca black sage
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Cal
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Salvia microphylla 'Grahami' (syn. S. m. var. neurepia, S. grahami)
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Graham's sage
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Mex
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Salvia regla
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Mountain sage
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TX, Mex
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●
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Salvia roemeriana
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Cedar sage
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TX,AZ, Mex
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●
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Salvia sclarea
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Clary sage
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Med
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●
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Salvia sonomensis
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Sonoma sage
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Cal
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●
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Salvia sonomensis
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Sonoma sage
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Cal
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●
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Salvia spathacea
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Hummingbird sage
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Cal
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●
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Sambucus mexicana
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Blue elderberry
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Cal
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●
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Santolina chamaecyparissus
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Gray lavender cotton
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●
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Santolina virens
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Green lavender cotton
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●
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Sarcococca hookerana humulis
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Sweet box
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●
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●
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Sarcococca ruscifolia
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Fragrant sarcococca
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●
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●
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Sollya heterophylla
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Australian bluebell
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●
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Symphoricarpos albus
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Snowberry
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Cal
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●
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●
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Tagetes lemmonii
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●
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Teucrium fruticans
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Bush germander
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●
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Vaccinium ovatum
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Huckleberry
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Cal
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●
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●
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Viburnum tinus
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●
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Xylosma congestum
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Xylosma
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●
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Succulents:
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Aloe spp.
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Aloe
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SAfr
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●
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Dudleya spp.
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Live forever
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Cal
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●
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Not Dudleya brittonii or D. pulverulenta
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Sedum spathulifolium
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Stonecrop
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Cal
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●
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Sempervivum
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Hens and chicks
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●
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Vines:
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Aristolochia californica
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Dutchman's pipe
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Cal
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●
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Clematis cirrhosa
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Med
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●
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Clematis lasiantha
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Chaparral clematis
|
Cal
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●
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Clematis ligusticifolia
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Western virgin's bower
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Cal
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●
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Lonicera hispidula
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Hairy honeysuckle
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Cal
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●
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●
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Vitis californica
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California grape
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Cal
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